Frankfurter broiler



g- 1938- s. NELSON 2,125,471

FRANKFURTER BRO ILER Original Filed Oct. 27, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR JTEWIAT Azsoxv ATTORNEY Aug. 2, 1938. s. NELSON FRANKFURTER BROILER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Original Filed Oct. 27, 1934 INVENTOR 5751469347 fl ZZSO/V ATTORN EY I Patented A... 2, 1938 I I 2,125,471

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Stewart Nelson, New York, N. Y.

Application October 2'7, 1934, Serial No. 750,242 Renewed January 5, 1938 3 Claims. (Cl. 219-19) This invention relates to frankfurter broilers the knives in group i9 form one electric terminal and particularly to broilers wherein a high poand the knives I8 the other, the two groups l8 tential electric current is passed through the r in urn onnected to ether as at 23. frankfurters whichact as resistance to the flow I One of the knives in group I6 is preferably pro- I 5 of electric current and thereby producing the vided with a switch blade portion 24 adapted to 5 heat for broiling, cooperate with connection means carried by the The objects of the invention are to provide base such as shown at 25 and which is connected a. simple, inexpensive apparatus for the purpose y t e cond r 6 o One terminal prong 'which is economical in use especially in public The conductor 22 for the knives i9 is connected l0 places where continuous dispensing of broiled by means of conductor 28 to the other terminal 10 frankfurters is desired; to provide an improved p 9. V broiler which is foolproof in operation; to pro- In this manner current may be conducted to vvide a broiler of this character which may be a frankfurter in any of the chambers H as folreadily cleaned of the dripping's of fat or' the lowsze-from a current source to the pron id like inherent in articles of food such as frank- Condu to Sw t members Switch blade furters; etc, 24, the knife carrying said switch blade, con- With these objects in mind and others later ductor 23, both conductors 2i, and the knives i8 apparent, the invention comprises the combina- Serving t a rou the frankfurter tion and arrangement of parts as exemplified in to knife i9, conductor 22, conductor 28, prong the accompanying drawings, scr b in th fol- 29, to the other pole of the current source. The 20 lowing specification and in which:-- current flow may, of course, be reversed and Fig. 1 is a. plan View of a preferred f r of though the results are not good, it is conceivable broiler, parts being broken away for clearer illusto employ A. C. instead of the D. C. here contration. templated, Fig. 2 is a front view thereof,iportions being In order to provide for the accommodation of 25 in section. 1 frankfurters larger than the chambers .i l, the Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the line hinges i5 are yleld n y t d at 0 d t e 3-21 of Fig. 1. swing bolt latch 3! at the front is also yieldingly Fig. 4 is a similar view as taken along the line mou d s at 3 s yP 0f mflllnting is 4-4 of Fig. 1 with the covers raised, provided to insure the frankfurters being firmly 30 Fig. 5 is enlarged fragmentary sectional view held and confined in their cavities as shown. through the switch mechanism as taken along In order to confine the heat generated within the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. the broiler, means such as shown at 33 may be .The device generally comprises a. base In of a utilized between the base I!) and the cover i2 to 35 non-conducting material and provided with caviminimize the heat losses. as

ties ll into which may be placed frankfurters or The cover I! may be Provided t means the like; an outer cover i2 hinged to the base at such as the latch retension means 84 so the nati3 and preferably at the rear thereof; and an 11ml Sw i of e frankfurters whe be intermediate cover member ll pivoted to the base Coo ed will ot cause ad t it 0f ill at l5 and provided with cavities l6 registerin the intermediate member. 40

with the respective cavities II to provide cham- It will be noted that it is impossible to inadbers H in which the frank1urter5"F" are di vertantly bridge the electric circuit when the posed. cover is raised due to the separation between the In the present instance it is desired to pass blade 24 and the switch members 25 and also electric currentinto both ends of the frankfurters that all the parts of the apparatus may be thor- 45 and out through the middle thereof or vice versa oughly cleaned on all surfaces due to the novel and for this purpose each chamber n is adapted h nsing arran em nt f th p rtsto-have knives such as I! disposed in its ends and r While the foregoing is descriptive ,of a prea knife is disposed in the longitudinal middle ferred embodiment of the invention, it should be thereof. These knives are preferably carried by understood that many changes in the form, size 50 the outer cover and are adapted to pass through and arrangement of the parts may well be made slots or openings 20' in the intermediate cover. without departing from the true spirit and scope Each of the groups of knives II are connected of the invention as defined in the following electrically as by means shown at II and the claims. V 55. knives i9 are similarly connected as atil. Since From the foregoing it will be seen that a sim- 56 not desired to restrict the details to the exact:

construction shown, it being obvious that changes, not involving the exercise oi. invention, may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

1. A frankfurter broiler comprising a base having cavities receptive of frankfurters, a cover hinged thereto, a frankfurter piercing knives carried by the cover and adapted to enter said cavities when the cover is closed, means to conduct electric current to the knives, and means to yieldingly confine the frankfurters in their respective cavities, said means comprising an "intermediate cover member having cavities complementary to the base cavities, said member having one end yieldingly hinged to the base and its other end yieldingly latchable to the base.

. 2. A frankfurter broiler comprising a base having cavities receptive of frankfurters, a cover hinged thereto, frankfurter piercing knives carried by the cover and adapted to enter said cavities when the cover is closed, means to conduct electric current to the knives, and a member intermediate the cover and base to yieldingly confine the rrankfurters in their respective cavities andhaving cavities complementary to the base cavities, said member having one end hingedto the base and the other end engageable with a yieldable latch swingably carried by said base.

3. A frankfurter broiler comprising a base having cavities receptive of frankfurters, an intermediate cover member having cavities complementary to the base cavities, the base cavities and member cavities together, forming tubular chambers a main cover hinged thereto, frankfurter piercing knives carried by the main cover and adapted to pass through slits in the intermediate cover and enter said chambers when the cover is closed, a source of electric current, means toconduct said current to said knives, a switch in the circuit operable by the main cover, said base and intermediate cover member when closed, constituting means to confine the frankfurters in their respective chambers, said intermediate cover also serving to "strip the frankfurters from the knives as the'main cover is raised.

S'I'EWRT NELSON. 

